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ACIDCELLBandinterview 2012

Bandinterview mit ACIDCELL

ACIDCELL
are a young band from Switzerland. They play their very own blend of
metal,
industrial, gothic and electro. Soon they are going to release their
debut
album Feelin‘ The Doom,
which took
two years from the start of recording to the finished product you will
find at
your local record store.

Please
introduce yourselves.

We
are the industrial metal band ACIDCELL from Switzerland. ACIDCELL is
Anthony de
Angelis (vocals), Michael Buzek (guitars), Buddah Craven (drums) and
Martin
Luzio (bass).

Where
did you meet and how did you come
together as the band ACIDCELL?

Michael:
Buddah and me were searching for a good vocalist. Anthony was at Dave
Snow‘s
studio, whom we met a long time ago. Anthony was searching for a band,
we were
searching for a singer, we‘ve met and worked on two demo
songs. It worked very
well from the start! ACIDCELL was born and we began the pre-production
of the
record.

Which
bands influenced you the most?

Buddah:
We don‘t want to name any particular bands, because that may
lead to
comparison. The inspiration comes from sounds like metal, gothic,
electro and
industrial.

What
was the recording process of your
debut record like?

Buddah:
It was very intensive work, we were hardly sleeping or meeting anyone
else. We
were very concentrated and worked the whole day in the studio. For the
recording of the instruments we hired Dave Snow. We knew him since a
long time
and that‘s why we could focus on the recording.

Anthony:
It was a big wish of mine to work with Hiili Hiilesmaa. We tracked the
vocals
in Finland. The atmosphere and the melancholy of the countryside really
pushed
me.

You
hired Mike Fraser for the album‘s mix.
He worked with rockstars like AEROSMITH or SLIPKNOT. How did it come
that he
worked with a band like you?

Michael:
Mike was on our list from the start. We wanted to get an analogue mix.
We
contacted Mike and sent him two songs which we already recorded. He
liked
ACIDCELL and that‘s how we got in touch and worked together.
Buddah and I flew
to Vancouver to Mike‘s Warehouse Studio and you can listen to
the final result
on Ocotber 26th.

You
recorded Feelin‘ The Doom
two years ago. So why didn‘t you release it
earlier?

Buddah.
After completing the record, we finally seachred for other musicans for
the
band. We do everything ourselves literally. The booklet was designed by
Anthony
for example. Well, we could have released the record earlier but we
wanted to
have the perfect partner for this, which we found in our label Echozone.

I
took a look at your homepage and
recognized that you don‘t play a lot of shows. Will you start
to tour properly
after the release of Feelin‘ The
Doom?

Buddah:
Exactly! Mostly bands get together, play a bunch of shows and record a
CD. We
did it the other way round. The did the record, found bandmembers and
then we
started to play some shows. But we will tour next year.

You‘re
still a young band. Could you name
some high- and some lowlights of your career?

Michael:
The workd with Mike and Hiili was great. As well as we played some
shows with
GOTHMINISTER, these are unforgetable moments. Of course there were some
lowlights, like working with someone but you have to cancel the
collobaration,
because it just didn‘t work out. But if you look back,
it‘s these decisions
that pushed the band forwards.

Are
you still working or are you focusing
on the band?

Luzio:
I think it‘s the same as with any other young band. We
can‘t make a living out
of music yet, but we don‘t do this for the money. We
don‘t work at a bank, we
are musicians.

What
will follow the release of Feelin‘
The Doom?

Michael:
At the moment we‘ve got a lot of promo stuff going on. And we
are booking dates
for a tour as well as we‘re planing our first video shoot. We
are working on
new songs, too.

What
are you going to
do when YOUR DEMISE calls it a day?

EM:
I’m becoming what I
was supposed to do, becoming a hair dresser, haha.